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Tottenham is the host for Saturday's game, with the national stadium acting as its temporary home this season while a new venue is being built at White Hart Lane. Yet, Arsenal almost knows the ground just as well having played there nine times since 2009 in various competitions — and winning on each occasion.

Arsenal heads into the derby in sixth place, four points behind fifth-placed Tottenham with 12 games remaining. Losing would deal a major blow to Arsenal's chances of grabbing one of the four Champions League qualification spots for next season.

Manchester City holds a 13-point lead going into Saturday's home match against Leicester, which is again without Riyad Mahrez. The Leicester winger hasn't trained since being denied a move to Man City at the end of last month.

Second-placed Manchester United visits Newcastle on Sunday, third-placed Liverpool is away to Southampton on the same day, and fourth-placed Chelsea hosts last-placed West Bromwich Albion on Monday.

— By Steve Douglas in Manchester

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Leader Napoli and second-placed Juventus each face difficult matches in their ongoing duel for the title.

Bayern Munich is so far ahead in the Bundesliga - 18 points - that it appears the team only has records left to aim for as Schalke visits on Saturday.

Robert Lewandowski, the league's top-scorer with 18 goals so far, can become the first to score in 11 home games in succession since Jupp Heynckes managed the same feat while at Borussia Moenchengladbach in 1972-73.

Heynckes, now Bayern coach, hopes to maintain his perfect home record since returning in October. The only blot in his 20 games across all competitions was a defeat at former side 'Gladbach in November.

Domenico Tedesco's Schalke side should provide Bayern with one of its sterner tests, though anything but a home win would be a major surprise. Schalke hasn't won a league game in Munich since 2009.

The country's two most decorated clubs meet in the French league when second-placed Marseille travels to bitter rival Saint-Etienne.

Marseille, the only French club to win the Champions League back in 1993, is enjoying its best season in years. Rudi Garcia's side is on a nine-game unbeaten streak in all competitions and has scored 15 goals in its last two matches.

Saint-Etienne — which has 10 league titles to its name, one more than Marseille — made several signings during the winter transfer window in a bid to salvage its erratic season. Close to the bottom three before the Christmas break, the club injected a big dose of experience into its shaky team by signing Paul-Georges Ntep, Mathieu Debuchy, Yann M'Vila and Neven Subotic.

Debuchy's arrival had an immediate impact as he scored on his debut in a 2-0 win over Amiens that took Saint-Etienne four points above the danger zone.

Eleven points clear at the top, Paris Saint-Germain travels to Toulouse on Saturday, ahead of a trip of greater importance to Real Madrid next week for their Champions League last-16, first-leg match.

Defending champion Monaco, which holds third place two points ahead of Lyon, is at Angers.